Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Marissa Lute, Steven Ardary and Gray News staff
A 19-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Updated: May. 30, 2023 at 6:52 AM EDT
|By Marissa Lute, Steven Ardary and Gray News staff
Deputies found one person inside a vehicle who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 10:35 AM EDT
|By Steven Ardary and Debra Worley
Lawyers for the woman charged in connection with a crash that killed a newlywed bride in South Carolina claim she is not a threat to the community or a flight risk.
Updated: May. 22, 2023 at 1:07 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips, Elisheva Wimberly and Steven Ardary
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott announced his White House bid at his alma mater in North Charleston Monday morning, saying he’s the candidate the far left “fears the most.”
Updated: May. 22, 2023 at 7:54 AM EDT
|By Steven Ardary
Gas prices in South Carolina saw a slight increase of 2.1 cents over the past week.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 2:12 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary and Debra Worley
A newlywed man involved in a golf cart crash that killed his bride and injured him and two others has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the accused driver of the car that hit them and several restaurants and bars in South Carolina.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 7:25 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary and Melissa Rademaker
Attorneys representing the family of Alex Murdaugh’s former housekeeper are expected to provide details about an ongoing lawsuit against Murdaugh and the settlement their clients never received.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 5:22 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary and Patrick Phillips
Folly Beach Police are releasing more details from a Friday night crash that killed a newlywed bride and seriously injured her husband and two others.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 2:07 PM EDT
|By Brad Dickerson, Nikki Hauser, Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips and Debra Worley
The driver accused of crashing into a golf cart and killing a bride just hours after her wedding reception was very unsteady and almost fell when asked to complete a field sobriety test, authorities said.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 8:01 AM EDT
|By Steven Ardary
Firefighters said the sprinkler system at a Beaufort Co. high school helped minimize damage to the school from an athletic dryer.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2023 at 5:52 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary and Jordan Gartner
A dog missing for three years is finally back home.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 9:50 AM EDT
|By Marissa Lute, Steven Ardary and Amanda Alvarado
Stephen Smith was 19 years old when he was found dead on the side of a road in Hampton County, South Carolina, in 2015.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 12:38 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
The former CEO of Palmetto State Bank is once again requesting a new trial. This time based on Alex Murdaugh’s testimony in his murder trial last month.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 12:09 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips and Gray News staff
Disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh received two consecutive life sentences Friday morning.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 9:41 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary, Blair Sabol and Gray News staff
Alex Murdaugh has been convicted of murder in the killings of his wife and son.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 5:46 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Gray News staff
The 12 jurors and two alternate jurors assembled Wednesday morning for a trip to the Colleton County property where Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were shot to death in June of 2021.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 6:04 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Steven Ardary
The trial of Alex Murdaugh continued Tuesday morning with the defense cross-examining a South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigator.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 4:51 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Marissa Lute
Opening statements from each side show vastly different interpretations of what the state is calling key evidence in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 4:08 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary and Jordan Gartner
Officials at an animal shelter in South Carolina say a cat that was brought in for lifesaving surgery has died.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 8:19 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
An order filed Wednesday will prohibit the disclosure of identities and identifying information about the jurors selected in the January trial of Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 11:17 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary and Debra Worley
The officer was taken to the hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 9:01 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary
More than three acres of Atlantic shoreline near Parris Island will be turned into a living shoreline thanks to a $1.2 million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2022 at 12:40 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
The South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism is making it easier to get outside and walk off the extra calories.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 11:34 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary
The South Carolina Department of Revenue has started issuing income tax rebates to those who qualify.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 4:22 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary, Blair Sabol, Nick Reagan and Patrick Phillips
A state circuit court judge mostly sided with the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office Thursday, denying motions filed by the defense team of former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 1:25 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary and Gray News staff
Four of the eight students on the bus and the driver were taken to the hospital, along with the student who had been hit.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 6:21 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary and Melissa Rademaker
The lawyers for Alex Murdaugh said in a statement they expect to receive evidence from the state in their client’s murder trial on Wednesday.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 4:22 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary, Blair Sabol and Lauren Quinlan
A Colleton County judge granted motions from the state and the defense concerning evidence in the murder trial of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh Monday.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 3:40 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary, Emily Johnson and Jordan Gartner
Police in South Carolina are investigating a violent incident that happened over the weekend at a popular children’s restaurant.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 9:23 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary and Jordan Gartner
A police officer in South Carolina is being recognized for helping save a woman from a burning car.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 9:17 AM EDT
|By Steven Ardary
State health officials on Friday confirmed the first cases of monkeypox in South Carolina.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 11:33 AM EDT
|By Steven Ardary and Debra Worley
The Charleson County Sheriff’s Office said Jennings was walking on the road when he was hit by a vehicle that drove away from the area then hit again by a second vehicle that also left the scene.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 9:01 AM EDT
|By Steven Ardary
The South Carolina State Fair has opened submissions for competitive exhibits.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 10:41 AM EDT
|By Steven Ardary
A patriotic flyover of South Carolina’s coastline returns Monday afternoon.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 1:03 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary
The state attorney general’s office announced new indictments against former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh and the man accused with him in an insurance fraud scheme
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 7:34 AM EDT
|By Steven Ardary
A bond hearing has been set for the man accused with former attorney Alex Murdaugh in an insurance plot.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 5:37 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary
Lawmakers and leaders across South Carolina reacted to Friday’s decision from the United States Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2022 at 8:27 AM EDT
|By Steven Ardary
South Carolina drivers are getting a slight relief at the pump as the state average fell to $4.50 per gallon.
Updated: May. 31, 2022 at 7:44 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary and Live 5 Web Staff
Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg said 10 people were wounded in a mass shooting in downtown Charleston late Monday night.
Updated: May. 31, 2022 at 3:37 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary
Charleston Police Sgt. Elisabeth Wolfsen said “multiple people” were struck by gunfire.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2022 at 5:45 AM EDT
|By Steven Ardary
The average price for a gallon of gas in South Carolina dropped by more than 10 cents last week.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2022 at 9:03 AM EDT
|By Steven Ardary
The latest data shows first-time unemployment claims in South Carolina had a slight increase over last week.
Claims totaling $65M filed against estates of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh by victims in 2019 boat crash
Updated: Jan. 26, 2022 at 9:04 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
Victims of a 2019 boat crash have filed claims against the estates of Paul Murdaugh and his mother, Maggie Murdaugh.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2022 at 11:29 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control on Sunday said the new guidelines are for teachers and other school staff that have been exposed to COVID-19 but are not showing symptoms during a “crisis staffing condition.”
Updated: Jan. 6, 2022 at 4:18 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
Lawyers for Alex Murdaugh have filed a motion to the state grand jury asking for a reduction in the bond for the suspended Lowcountry attorney.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2022 at 12:30 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
Two days removed from the first earthquake of 2022, two more quakes were reported in the same area on Wednesday morning.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2021 at 6:12 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary
The state health department announced an extension on the increase of benefits for fruits and vegetables for participants of the state’s Women, Infant and Children Nutrition Program on Thursday.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2021 at 5:13 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday appointed a former FBI chief of staff as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 4:15 PM EST
|By Raphael James and Steven Ardary
President Joe Biden told new graduates of South Carolina State University they can do anything they want if they set their minds to it.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2021 at 12:10 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
The city of Beaufort on Thursday announced they have received a grant for a streetscape and drainage project.